One Hungry Mama

October 30th, 2009

Weekly Digest: Trick or Treat Edition!

Happy Halloween!! Photo: Ecorations

Food News, Things I Crave, Green Your Eats, Tips, Tools & Techniques, and the Weekly Roundtable (a roundup of the most recent ChowMama posts).

Food News

• New PBS series coming in November focuses on healthy eating! Check out the preview for “Fizzy’s Lunch Lab” (via What’s Cooking)
• White House Healthy Kids Fair—not just fun and games. Read more about policy initiatives around kids and healthy eating (via Grist)
• ‘Smart Choices’ label to (thankfully!) suspend operations (via NY Times)
• Rhode Island implemented standards for public school lunches! Check them out (via Lunchbox Blog)
• Scientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin (via Grist)

Things I Crave

• A Food Network game for the Wii! (via Serious Eats)

Green Your Eats

• … with Brussels Sprouts! I don’t usually link to recipes in the Digest, but this one, for Sprouts, Bacon and Figs, just looks to good not to share (via NY Times)
• The Swedes kick it up a notch and study carbon footprints of their meals (via Slashfood)
• Stock up on better for you candy with the help of the EcoFab guide to Halloween Candy

Tips, Tools & Techniques

• Learn all about cauliflower (including what to look for and how to store) in this ‘In Season’ spotlight (via Serious Eats)
• A great personal story on how including kids in meal planning made for better meal times—a great idea for anyone struggling with a fussy eater (via Makes and Takes)
• 10 modern food myths busted (via Cheap Healthy Good)
• Translate foreign menus with iPhone PicTranslator app!! (via Eat Me Daily)

The Weekly Roundtable

• I hooked you up with a bunch of healthy Halloween recipes that’ll satisfy even the sweetest tooth: A Tasty AND Healthy Halloween
• We welcomed baby Oliver home with my favorite brownies (which also make a great Halloween treat): Phyllis’s Best Ever Brownies
• I took a healthy pause in Halloween week (aka sweets week) with this hearty vegetarian meal: Roasted Broccolini over Spinach Parmesan Polenta
• And I served yet another vegetarian meal! This one  a 30-minute meal making use of leftover Butternut Squash with Honey, Lemon & Parmesan: Butternut Squash & Avocado Quesadillas